Six Michigan men’s swimmers were named CSCAA 100 Best Swimmers and Divers

Six Michigan men’s swimmers were named CSCAA 100 Best Swimmers and Divers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The top 100 swimmers and divers were published by the American College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association on Tuesday (November 9th), and the University of Michigan rose to the top six for men representing the higher education of the last century.

Gustavo Borges, Tyler Clary, Tom Dolan, Tom Haynie, Carl Robie and Peter Vanderkaay was nominated for the prestigious list, representing 36 national championships, five Michigan national championships and 15 Olympic medals during their collective careers.

Nearly 3,000 former student-athletes were nominated, and the blue ribbon panel included current and former university swimmers, coaches, and media members who made selections from a list of 973 finalists. 86 swimmers and 14 divers were selected.

Gustavo Borges | Ituverava, Sao Paola, Brazil | UM letter winner 1992-95

Borges was four-time All-American, won 10 individual championships and was part of the 1995 NCAA Championship team in Michigan. He swam in the Brazilian Summer Olympics in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 and won the Brazilians second most Olympic medals by four.

Tyler Clary | Riverside, California UM letter winner 2008-10

Clary won three national swimming championships in Michigan, the 200-yard backstroke in 2009, and won the 400-yard medley in 2009 and 2010. She won the gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke at the 2012 London Olympics.

Tom Dolan | Arlington, VA | Winner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1994-96

Dolan earned All-American status three times while swimming for corn and blue and was a nine-time NCAA champion. He is perhaps best known for winning two gold medals and silver for Team USA. won gold in the 400-meter medley in both 1996 and 2000 and also earned silver in the 200-meter medley at the 2000 Olympics.

Tom Haynie | Honolulu, Hawaii Winner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1937-39

Haynie was one of the pioneers not only in swimming and diving in Michigan, but also in swimming as a whole. He was All-American in each of his three seasons at Ann Arbor and was a key member of Wolverines ’first three national championships. Haynie coached Stanford to the 11th Conference Championships from 1947 to 1959, and was later elected to the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

Carl Robie | Darby, Pa. | UM letter winner 1965-67

Robie won three national championships while swimming in Ann Arbor, winning a 200-yard butterfly in 1966 and 1967 and a 400-yard medley in 1965. The Philadelphia Flyer won a gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly and broke the men’s 200-meter record four times in his career .

Peter Vanderkaay | Royal Oak, Michigan | Winner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2003-06

Vanderkaay won five NCAA championships during his career in Michigan and represented the United States at three Olympics (2004, 2008 and 2012). He won two gold medals as part of the 800 freestyle relay teams in 2004 and 2008 and won a personal bronze in the 200-meter freestyle at the 2008 Olympics and the 400-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympics.